While only one digit separates the Forerunner 265 & Forerunner 165 the reality is that there’s a pile of feature differences. Many big-ticket differences (like Training Readiness), but also lots of little and more nuanced differences like data fields and more.

In total, I’ve got roughly around 107+ differences detailed. But in reality, for the upper section of this post I'm consolidating things into big groups to keep them simple (versus the reality the Training Status is multiple underlying features). Yet, in the sport profile section alone we've got 37 differences. Sorry-not-sorry.

With that, let’s just get straight into it, starting off with one I wouldn’t count, the price. There are effectively two models of each watch, albeit, in different ways.

0:00 The Game Plan
0:43 Pricing & Model Options
0:57 Display & Watch Sizes
1:35 Training Readiness
2:48 Training Status
3:17 Training Load (Acute Load & More)
4:41 Triathlon & Multisport
5:24 Sensors Types (and Power Meters)
5:49 The 37 Sport Profile Differences
6:47 Dual Frequency GPS/GNSS
8:21 Battery Spec Differences
9:08 The 60+ Extra Features Differences


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